Street waste-paper box.



PATENTED'APR. 26, 1904.

' G.- c. J. ENGBLLAND.

STREET WASTE PAPER Box.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27, 1903.

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UNITED STATES I GEORGE o. .I. ENGELLAND, or BLUE ISLAND, ILLINO1S.

Patented AprilzQG, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

STREET WASTE-PAPER BOX;

SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. 758,354,;1ated April 26, 1904.

Application filed May 27, 19 03." Serial No. 158,971. (No model.)

' Be it known that I, Gnonen G. J. ENGEL- LAND, a citizen of the'United States, residing at Blue Island, in the county of Cook. and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in StreetVVaste-Paper Boxes, of

which the following is .a specification.

Objects of my invention are to provide a I simple and durable construction of box peculiarly adapted for use as a street waste-paper box, to permit the contents of the box to be conveniently and. effectively dumped and to easily rid the box of matters other than waste paper which may have been deposited therein, to prevent rain and snow from entering the box, to provide simple and effective means for normally closing the entrance of the box, and to permit the box to be easily opened for the purpose of introducing waste paper.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows my improved street waste-paper box in elevation. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 2 Qin Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail showing asection of a portion of the box on said line 2 2, on a larger scale than in preceding figures.

The box A is formed as a vertically-oblong four-sided receptacle supported by legs 1 and having an upwardly-converging roof or top portion 2, thesides and top portion being preferably of galvanized metal and rigidly transversely-angular metal cleats 3, extending below the lower end of the receptacle, and these legs are of such relative height that'the swinging bottom 4:, which normally occupies the inclined position shown in Fig. 2, can be swung downwardly, as indicated by dotted line 8, to an extent to permit it to hang in a vertical plane between two of the transverselyangular legs 1. By this arrangement waste at two opposite sides, is not providedv with such braces at the two remaining sides, whereby space is afforded for the removal of material thus dumped from the'receptacle.

The box is provided at each of the twoop- 'po site sideswith-an oblong transversely-arranged rectangular opening -10, extending,

preferably, the entire width of the box less the thickness of its two remaining sides, a simple way of forming such opening being to terminate its two sides 11 short of the top portion of the box, and with this arrangement a transversely-extending metal angle strip or cleat is secured to the upper edge portion of each vertically short side 11 and arranged to project out from thebox as a ledge 12. Each of these transverse openings in the box is normaliy closed by a swinging gate or door B, which is horizontally oblong in conformity with the opening and hinged at its upper edge, as at 13, by strap-hinges to a transversely-extending metal cleat or brace strip 14. Each of these swinging doors B is formed bya metal plate having reverse bends 15, 16, and 17 arranged so that when the door hangs in its normal position, as shown, it will have an inwardly and downwardly inclined upper portion 18, anext lower outwardly and downwardly inclined portion 19, a next inwardlyextending portion 20, and a next and final lower edge portion 21, which projects downwardly within the box and which normally engages the inner side portion of the transverse cleat which forms the ledge 12, the latter serving, therefore, as a stop which limits the outward swing of the door. The door is also preferably provided with end flanges 22, which may be integral with or secured to the metal plate of which the door is mainly composed. The door normally hangs by gravity in the position shown, with its outer inclined portion 19 sloping outwardly and downwardly to a point over or slightly forward of the outer edge of the horizontal ledge 12, and by reason of this arrangement water falling upon the incline 19 will readily run OE and will not enter the box. The door thus constructed and arranged also excludes dust. The door does not require a supplemental weight to maintain it thus normally projected fromthe opening in the box, and by reason of the incline 19 pressure of waste paper upon such incline will readily swing the door inwardly and permit the paper to readily slide into the box. In order to protect the hinges from rain, the top portion of the box has a horizontal ledge 23, formed by a suitably-bent metal strip or strips arranged over its openings.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A street waste-paper box having a transversely-arranged oblong side opening, and a gravity-door for normally closing such opening hinged along its upper edge and having an outwardly and downwardly inclined face portion below the hinge and normally projecting out from such opening in the box, the door portion below the hinge being arranged to swing inwardly to permit matters to be introduced into the box.

2. A street waste-paper box having a transversely-oblong side opening, and a gravitydoor for normally closing such opening hinged along its upper edge and formed with the reversely-inclined portions 18, 19, 20, the door portion below the hinge being arranged to swing inwardly and having its inclined portions 19 and 20 normally projecting out from its side opening.

3. Astreet waste-paper box having a transversely-oblong side opening, and a gravitydoor for normally closing such opening constructed with an outwardly-extending portion 19, an inwardly-extending portion 20, and a downwardly-extending portion 21 which serves as a stop and which projects below the oblong side opening, the door being hinged at its upper edge and arranged to open inwardly.

1. A street waste-paper box having a transversely-oblong side opening, a doorB for normally closing such opening hinged at its upper edge and arranged to swing inwardly, and a ledge 12 over which a portion of the door extends when the door is in normal position.

5. Asheet-metalstreetwaste-paperboxhaving braced legs, an inclined hinged bottom 4 hung to swing downwardly into vertical position between the braced legs, side openings, and inwardly-swinging doors for such openings hinged at their upper edges and normally projecting through and out from the side openings, and presenting downwardly and outwardly inclined faces.

GEORGE (J. J. ENGELLAND.

Witnesses:

CHARLES G. PAGE, OTTILIE (J. FREIBERG. 

